In Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne, As her brother Victor’s long-time lab assistant, Angelika Frankenstein has never started an experiment of her own. But as she watches Victor with his latest creation–reassembling a man to then reanimate him–she decides to make a companion for herself. While both […]
In Storm Echo (Psy-Changeling Trinity #6) by Nalini Singh, Ivan Mercant was brought up in a Psy family who gathers information on everyone and everything. Some might call them spies. But they have always lived by a code to take care of the ones they hold dear. That’s why Ivan […]
In Ruby Fever (Hidden Legacy #6) by Ilona Andrews, Catalina Baylor, Prime of House Baylor, is finally (sort of) on an even keel and just starting to become accustomed to leading her family when all hell breaks loose. From the queen of spiders residing somewhere in their new home to […]
In Tear Down the Throne (Gargoyle Queen #2) by Jennifer Estep, As the crown princess of Andvari, Gemma Ripley is certainly no stranger to being in harm’s way. With other kingdoms out to take her family’s throne as well as long time enemies, the Morricones of Morta, who seem bent […]
Grab some serious protective gear and buckle up for a House of Sky an Breath; the second installment in Maas’ Crescent City series, because it delivers some king hits which you simply never see coming. Similarly to the first novel, the opening few chapters are a serious test of cognitive […]
In Fated Blades (Kinsmen #3) by Ilona Andrews, Matias Baena and Ramona Adler come from kinsmen families who have been enemies for generations. They might have kept the peace between them for a while now, but when both of them–now the heads of their families’ businesses–are betrayed in a shocking […]
In Archangel’s Light (Guild Hunter #14) by Nalini Singh, Around the world, everyone knows if you see Illium you will most likely see Aodhan nearby. The angels became fast friends as children and were soon inseparable, creating a bond even stronger than most siblings have. Through the centuries they have […]
In The Orphan Witch by Paige Crutcher, Persephone May finds herself yet again having to move to a different town after her unexplained powers cause havoc in the coffee shop where she’s been working recently. At thirty-two years old you would think she would have figured out how to control […]
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr: True literature lovers will need to hold their hats, and likely a good glass of wine to journey through the lives of our 5 seemingly unconnected heroes and anti-heroes, to come to an end that delivered catharsis in spades in Cloud Cuckoo Land.
In An Impossible Promise (Providence Falls #2) by Jude Deveraux & Tara Sheets, Liam O’Connor is a man who’s at odds with his head and his heart. As a thief in Ireland in the mid 1800s, he fell in love with the town squire’s daughter, Cora McLeod. Things didn’t end […]